Sack-holder



A. BUCKEL.

SACK HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3, 1919'.

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ALBERT BUCKEL, 0F PERU, ILLINOIS. s

SACK-HOLDER.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 31, 1920.

Application filed May 3, 1919. Serial No. 29 L362.

1 b all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that l, Aminn'r BUGKEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Peru, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sack-Holders; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to bag holders and the primary object of theinvention is to provide an improved and simple means for holding a. bagor sack in an elevated and opened position, so as to facilitate thefilling thereof.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved sack holder ofthe above character, which is durable and efficient in use, one that'issimple and easy to manufacture, and one that can be placed upon themarket at a reasonable cost.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction, arrangement and formation of parts, as will behereinafter more specifically described, claimed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which:

The figure is a perspective view of the improved bag holder.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 generally indicatesthe improved bag holder, which includes a bracket 2 formed from a pieceof strap iron bent to form a substantially U-shaped member 3 includingthe upper bight portion 1 and the downwardly extending legs 5. The bightportion is provided with suitable openings 6 for receiving bolts orother suitable fastening elements 7, whereby the legs may be secured toa wall or other support 8. The lower terminals of the legs have securedthereto a transversely extending bar 9, which extends beyond the sideedges of the legs and one end of this bar is bent at an angle ofsubstantially forty-five degrees outwardly to form a supporting arm 10,which has the free end thereof curved outwardly as at 11. The oppositeterminal of the arm 9 is re duced and bent forwardly as at 12 and isprovided with a hooked end 13, for receiving one terminal of acontractile coil spring 141-, which has the opposite end thereof securedto an outwardly extending plate 15 secured to the second supporting arm16. The inner end of the supporting arm 15 is hingedly secured as at 17to the member 9 adjacent to the arm 10, and this arm is normally heldaway from the arm 10 by the contractile coil spring 14. The plate 15 isprovided with, a plurality of openings 18 for receiving the innerterminal of the coil spring 14, so as to permit the tension thereof tobe readily regulated. The free terminal of the arm 16 is bent inwardlyas at 19 and the bent terminals 11 and 19 of the arms 10 and 16 areprovided with outwardly extending prongs 20 which are adapted topenetrate a bag or sack 21 to hold the same in open and raised position.The arms 11 and 16 are curved, so as to facilitate the insertion of thesame into the bag and to conform to the configuration thereof. The armsare also provided with retaining prongs 22 which are arranged in spacedrelation to the prongs 20 and form additional means for engagthe bag soas to hold the same open.

From the foregoing description, it can be seen that an improved bagholder is provided which will eifectively hold the bag in elevatedposition and hold the same open, so as to facilitate the insertion ofarticles therein.

In use of the holder the arm 16 is swung on its pivot against thetension of the coil spring 14: to a point relatively near the arm 10 andthe curved portion thereof and the arm 10 is inserted into the bag andthe prongs 20 and 21 are caught in the neck thereof. The arm 16 is thenreleased, which owing to the tension of the coil spring 14 will open theneck thereof and allow the articles to be readily inserted.

In practice, I have found that the form of my invention illustrated inthe accompanying drawings and referred to in the above description, asthe preferred embodiment, is the most eliicient and practical; yetrealizing the conditions concurrent with the adoption of my device willnecessarily vary, I desire to state that various minor change in detailsof construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to,when in accord with the claim without sacrificing any of the advantagesof my invention as set forth.

What I claim as new is:

A bag holder comprising a vertical base member arranged to be secured toa support, a bag supporting member secured to the said. base member, andhaving at one end 10 inwardly and prongs mounted upon the arms some ofthem at the curved portions of the arms and others at points spacedtherefrom.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT BUCKEL.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM HUETTEMANN, J r., OSCAR W. HOBERG.

